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NYCC 2015: A Live-Action TIGER AND BUNNY Movie Is In The Works

Fans familiar with the popular sci-fi anime franchise, Tiger And Bunny, are getting a live-action feature film following last week’s events at New York Comic Con. Black Butler helmer Satou Keiichi directed the original anime which launched in 2011 and spawned a slate of manga publications, games and movies up to last year. Joined by representatives from All Nippon Entertainment Works’ and Imagine Entertainment, Sunrise and Namco Bandai Entertainment hosted a panel at NYCC announcing the film according to ANN, which, inspired by the anime, will takes place in Manhattan-inspired Stern Bild City, where super-powered beings dubbed NEXT (Noted Entities with eXtraordinary Talents) are not only heralded, but sponsored and commercialized on television. And at the center of our story: two titular heroes with distinctively different ideologies on what it means to be a superhero. Director Ron Howard, whose next feat of epicness can be observed this December in the new film, In […]

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Check Out Four New Character Spots For BLACK BUTLER

We have four new character TV spots for the Japan release of the upcoming Kentaro Otani and Keiichi Satou-directed live action theatrical spin-off adaptation of Yana Toboso’s 2006 Square Enix manga publication, Black Butler. The four spots, which you can view below, center on four of the main characters beginning with the first two showing actor Hiro Mizushima who plays the demonic titular butler summoned by actress Ayame Goriki‘s dual portrayal of Shiori/Kiyoharu Genpo at a young age to help her avenge her family. The third and fourth spots, respectively, feature actresses Yuka as Shiori’s aunt, Hanae Wakatsuki, and Mizuki Yamamoto as Rin – the cute and clumsy maid of the Phantomhive, least known for her “skills” other than that of her clumsy housekeeping. Featuring action choreography by Ouchi Takahito, Black Butler also stars Ohno Takuro, Kaito Ken, Maruyama Tomomi, Shirota Yu, Yasuda Ken, Hashimoto Satoshi, Shigaki Taro, Ibu Masato and  Kishitani Goro. […]

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